Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Eadestown North, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eadestown North
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.97615, -6.64846
- SMR number
- WI021-079----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a gentle SSW-facing slope in an area of bog at the base of Spinans Hill which dominates the view to the SE. Good views to N and S with Tuckmill Hill visible to the SW. In a raised area in very marshy terrain. A tall, narrow, granite standing stone (H 1.71m; H of NE face 1.5m), roughly hewn, orientated NE–SW (dims. at base: 0.26-0.28m NE-SW; 0.2-0.25m NW-SE). It is broader at the top (dims. 0.27m NE-SW; 0.3m NW-SE) where it is angled sharply at 45◦ rising (by 0.17m) to the SW. It has a concave SE face. A slight depression around the stone was probably caused by cattle poaching. A Linkardstown-type cist (WI021-057----) lies c. 120m to the NNE.
See attached image:
• WI021-079----_1 View of standing stone from E. Séamus Ó Murchú, 2022.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Mary Tunney and Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload/revision: 21 November 2012 and 15 November 2022
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Linkardstown burialunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.